Population in the DR Congo compared to Turkey: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the DR Congo and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	DR Congo	Turkey	DR Congo	Turkey
1960	15,264,846	28,329,898	-	-
1961	15,662,374	29,119,238	2.6%	2.79%
1962	16,075,724	29,916,147	2.64%	2.74%
1963	16,507,599	30,726,841	2.69%	2.71%
1964	16,955,327	31,543,072	2.71%	2.66%
1965	17,427,802	32,345,220	2.79%	2.54%
1966	17,931,929	33,177,672	2.89%	2.57%
1967	18,462,782	34,050,421	2.96%	2.63%
1968	19,012,189	34,921,684	2.98%	2.56%
1969	19,570,445	35,787,774	2.94%	2.48%
1970	20,137,436	36,638,465	2.9%	2.38%
1971	20,695,569	37,518,611	2.77%	2.4%
1972	21,251,160	38,430,221	2.68%	2.43%
1973	21,827,665	39,329,533	2.71%	2.34%
1974	22,418,878	40,210,234	2.71%	2.24%
1975	23,021,101	41,053,126	2.69%	2.1%
1976	23,624,031	41,899,984	2.62%	2.06%
1977	24,229,061	42,773,298	2.56%	2.08%
1978	24,992,689	43,645,306	3.15%	2.04%
1979	25,886,782	44,510,429	3.58%	1.98%
1980	26,711,099	45,408,815	3.18%	2.02%
1981	27,500,515	46,321,190	2.96%	2.01%
1982	28,338,190	47,322,096	3.05%	2.16%
1983	29,250,963	48,447,410	3.22%	2.38%
1984	30,245,081	49,574,069	3.4%	2.33%
1985	31,264,816	50,687,115	3.37%	2.25%
1986	32,265,196	51,777,772	3.2%	2.15%
1987	33,298,904	52,843,670	3.2%	2.06%
1988	34,382,752	53,909,626	3.25%	2.02%
1989	35,486,866	54,976,723	3.21%	1.98%
1990	36,684,063	56,015,628	3.37%	1.89%
1991	37,925,817	57,009,887	3.38%	1.77%
1992	39,228,910	57,990,118	3.44%	1.72%
1993	40,656,336	58,999,167	3.64%	1.74%
1994	42,626,876	60,033,836	4.85%	1.75%
1995	44,433,704	61,024,503	4.24%	1.65%
1996	45,296,124	61,951,134	1.94%	1.52%
1997	46,029,902	62,852,966	1.62%	1.46%
1998	47,297,600	63,734,383	2.75%	1.4%
1999	48,912,971	64,591,923	3.42%	1.35%
2000	50,507,442	65,425,961	3.26%	1.29%
2001	52,132,646	66,245,128	3.22%	1.25%
2002	53,750,524	67,048,795	3.1%	1.21%
2003	55,343,867	67,831,730	2.96%	1.17%
2004	56,997,741	68,592,617	2.99%	1.12%
2005	58,775,724	69,329,557	3.12%	1.07%
2006	60,615,908	70,045,349	3.13%	1.03%
2007	62,477,752	70,158,112	3.07%	0.16%
2008	64,390,664	71,051,678	3.06%	1.27%
2009	66,412,044	72,039,206	3.14%	1.39%
2010	68,563,038	73,142,150	3.24%	1.53%
2011	70,849,311	74,223,629	3.33%	1.48%
2012	73,254,618	75,175,827	3.39%	1.28%
2013	75,789,395	76,147,624	3.46%	1.29%
2014	78,403,242	77,181,884	3.45%	1.36%
2015	81,035,531	78,218,479	3.36%	1.34%
2016	83,956,415	79,277,962	3.6%	1.35%
2017	87,083,398	80,312,698	3.72%	1.31%
2018	90,047,644	81,407,204	3.4%	1.36%
2019	92,947,442	82,579,440	3.22%	1.44%
2020	95,989,998	83,384,680	3.27%	0.98%
2021	99,148,932	84,147,318	3.29%	0.91%
2022	102,396,968	84,979,913	3.28%	0.99%
2023	105,789,731	85,325,965	3.31%	0.41%
2024	109,276,265	85,518,661	3.3%	0.23%
2025	112,832,475	85,725,557	3.25%	0.24%
2026	116,452,162	85,960,835	3.21%	0.27%
2027	120,129,744	86,227,115	3.16%	0.31%
2028	123,871,555	86,502,744	3.11%	0.32%
2029	127,674,141	86,771,652	3.07%	0.31%
2030	131,532,201	87,037,680	3.02%	0.31%
2031	135,447,495	87,297,191	2.98%	0.3%
2032	139,408,613	87,537,075	2.92%	0.27%
2033	143,414,031	87,762,403	2.87%	0.26%
2034	147,468,142	87,974,138	2.83%	0.24%
2035	151,560,102	88,172,739	2.77%	0.23%
2036	155,689,453	88,364,318	2.72%	0.22%
2037	159,848,574	88,545,669	2.67%	0.21%
2038	164,045,610	88,707,268	2.63%	0.18%
2039	168,296,695	88,849,956	2.59%	0.16%
2040	172,595,578	88,975,510	2.55%	0.14%
2041	176,946,261	89,083,304	2.52%	0.12%
2042	181,350,407	89,177,769	2.49%	0.11%
2043	185,805,168	89,254,147	2.46%	0.09%
2044	190,312,004	89,311,458	2.43%	0.06%
2045	194,865,386	89,349,806	2.39%	0.04%
2046	199,464,487	89,375,429	2.36%	0.03%
2047	204,105,925	89,383,765	2.33%	0.009%
2048	208,783,692	89,361,174	2.29%	-0.03%
2049	213,497,692	89,306,566	2.26%	-0.06%
2050	218,246,073	89,218,346	2.22%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the DR Congo increased by 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the DR Congo gained 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

The DR Congo was ranked 22nd most populous country in 2005 and is 15th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the DR Congo's population will grow by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people with a rank change from 15th to 8th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.